Chapter 16 Blue Mountain Mental Hospital (XVI)

Qi Chanyang: “???”

Qi Chanyang had been kidnapped by NPCs and players before since he entered the game, but he never thought that one day someone would propose to tie up all NPCs.

Qi Chanyang couldn't help but: "Are you serious???"

"yes."

That's right!!

Qi Chanyang tried to understand him: "How do you want to tie it?"

"Use a rope."

"Where's the rope?"

"Yes, in the cafeteria."

"How did you know that?" Qi Chanyang's eyes shifted to the stick he was holding, "Where did you get your stick?"

"The cafeteria."

Jie Fangcheng easily broke the stick apart to show him: "I didn't have the right tools, so I removed the table legs and other things. At first I used one alone, but it broke easily, so I twisted six together and it worked pretty well. Do you need a stick? There's a table behind the cafeteria."

Qi Chanyang thought to himself who kind of boss is this? How could he use local materials to make weapons?

He changed the subject: "What happens after tying him up?"

"Interrogation," Jie Fangcheng made a chopping motion, "Ask questions, and if you can't answer, chop off a finger. After chopping off the fingers, chop off the toes. Isn't that how you all play it in TV dramas?"

Gu Shanshan had an idea at this time: "Or don't let them take medicine at night. Normal people don't need to take medicine. For example, if No. 4 doesn't take medicine, she will mutate. This is abnormal."

"Shanshan is right!"

After saying that, the two of them looked at Qi Chanyang together.

Facing two pairs of serious eyes, Qi Chanyang opened his mouth and after a long while he managed to say, "Can you tie him up?"

Jie Fangcheng: "It can be tied up."

Qi Chanyang was shocked: "How do you know this?"

Jie Fangcheng said tactfully: "I tried it and the rope is quite strong."

He just tied up the mutated No. 9, and the guy is still locked up in the cafeteria.

"This..." Qi Chanyang frowned. He couldn't tell what was wrong, but he felt it was awkward. "Isn't this a bit strange?"

"What's wrong with that? Beating them all to death seems to be even worse, right?"

Qi Chanyang looked at him blankly and with complicated feelings, feeling as if he was leading an NPC through a level. The other party kept beating him to death, which was something only an NPC would do.

Jie Fangcheng looked at him in surprise, "What's wrong? Do you think it would be better to beat them all to death? Wow, you are such a violent and bloody person."

Grass!

Qi Chanyang cursed in his heart, but he retracted his gaze.

Gu Shanshan listened to their conversation, and just from Qi Chanyang's tone she knew how unusual it was to tie up an NPC.

She originally still had a glimmer of hope in her heart, but when she came to her senses, she could only sigh in her heart.

Gu Shanshan, who had faced a mutated NPC, knew very well that these NPCs were not something that novice players like them could handle, but the problem now was that if they wanted to test which one was the normal NPC, the simplest and most effective way was to let the NPC not take medicine.

Gu Shanshan could also hear the sounds coming from outside from time to time. Qi Chanyang had changed his clothes. It seemed that he had spent a lot of effort to get the clues now. Gu Shanshan and other novice players could not rely on him alone to pass the level.

"As far as we know, No. 1 and No. 4 are not normal people," Gu Shanshan asked, "What about No. 9? Is he a normal person?"

"no."

"That rules out these three, leaving six."

Six. Although there are still two days left, players cannot take more than three pills, which means that players must find out who is the normal person tomorrow.

Gu Shanshan has been in the same room with Patient No. 1 for such a long time, and nothing unusual has happened. I think players can change wards.

So tonight, the players in wards one, four, and nine can take their medicine and safely get through the next day.

The remaining six players cannot take medicine.

Among them, normal NPCs are safe, and the remaining five are unsafe.

Apart from Qi Chanyang and Jie Fangcheng who will definitely escape, three players may die in the battle with the mutated NPC tomorrow.

Gu Shanshan took a deep breath and told her current speculations and plans.

“Since Liu Hanyue said, ‘He is special. Although he is normal, he will eventually be forced to become abnormal.’ I think what this means is that normal NPCs, like players, cannot take too many pills, so we must determine who is a normal person on the second day, which is today. If we wait until the third day, not to mention the NPCs, the players who took three pills may also die.”

"We'll look for clues during the day. If we can't find any clues, then at night..." Gu Shanshan paused and looked at Jie Fangcheng first.

"Mr. Jie, are you sure you can escape if the patient NPC mutates?"

Before Jie Fangcheng could say anything, Qi Chanyang had already answered for him: "He can. He's better than me."

Gu Shanshan looked at him in surprise, and Jie Fangcheng nodded: "That's right."

Qi Chanyang: “…”

Although it is true, why does it make people so unhappy?

Although Gu Shanshan didn't know what had happened, she felt relieved after hearing Qi Chanyang's words.

"Then let's test NPCs 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8 tonight."

Qi Chanyang immediately understood what she meant.

"You mean, six of the players won't take medicine tonight."

Gu Shanshan was silent for a moment, but still nodded firmly: "Yes. If we can't find another way, we must do this."

Among the players, only Qi Chanyang and Jie Fangcheng are capable of dealing with the mutated NPCs. The rest of the new players will have no way out when facing the mutated NPCs.

Among these six NPCs whose normal persons have not yet been identified, only the normal NPCs may not attack the players.

This means that tonight there will be three novice players who need to face the mutated NPCs, and it is almost certain that these three players will die.

I have to say, this newcomer is indeed someone who can survive in this game.

As Qi Chanyang was thinking this, Gu Shanshan said, "I can be counted as one of the players who won't take medicine tonight."

Qi Chanyang couldn't help but be moved.

This girl is smart and courageous, and she can be ruthless when necessary. She is also willing to lead by example. If she can successfully get through this instance, she will be able to build a very powerful union in the future if she wants.

Qi Chanyang promised: "After I finish dealing with the NPCs here tonight, I will be the first one to rescue you."

Gu Shanshan smiled and said, "Thank you."

At this time, Jie Fangcheng next to him raised his hand: "I have a question."

"What's the question?"

"Why don't we just tie the NPCs together when we take the medicine?"

There was no need to distinguish this from that, and Jie Fangcheng no longer understood.

Gu Shanshan: “Impossible.”

"Why not?"

Gu Shanshan frowned: "If you don't mention the patient NPC, the doctor won't agree. You should know the strength of the doctor NPC better than me. What if he takes action?"

"No."

"??Why?"

Jie Fangcheng said calmly: "Because they don't dare to do it."

Chapter 17 Blue Mountain Mental Hospital (Seventeen)

Qi Chanyang looked up at the sky in silence.

He said it!!!

He said such arrogant words!!!

Gu Shanshan, who was standing by, had a blank expression on her face when she heard this. She turned her gaze to Qi Chanyang, looking at him with a questioning expression.

Qi Chanyang didn't know how to explain it to her, so he could only nod vaguely.

Gu Shanshan let out an "ah" in confusion.

The fact that she could say things like "Count me in as one of the players who don't take medicine" shows that she was already prepared to die.

After all, she had dealt with mutated patient NPCs before, and had faced Ge Juan with Qi Chanyang. Now she had a general understanding of the strength of this group of NPCs in this copy.

It is impossible for a normal human to defeat this group of dungeon NPCs. Even an experienced player like Qi Chanyang who has completed the game six times can only run away when he sees Ge Juan.

Those doctor NPCs are obviously quite capable.

As a result, now, more than an hour ago, she and Qi Chanyang were almost killed by the NPC, and in the blink of an eye, the doctor dared not move?

Gu Shanshan couldn't help but ask: "Why don't they dare to do it?"

Faced with Gu Shanshan's doubts, Qi Chanyang didn't know what to say.

Tell her "The big brother in front of you is so powerful that NPCs run away when they see him"? This doesn't even sound like bragging, it sounds like the two of them are going crazy and hysterical because of the NPCs outside.

Qi Chanyang hadn't figured out how to explain it in a way that would sound more reliable, but Jie Fangcheng had already spoken: "Because I scared them."

He really dares to say that!!!

Qi Chanyang glanced sideways.

Gu Shanshan, who had always been calm and composed, couldn't help but asked in shock: "How did you hit me?"

Jie Fangcheng waved the stick in his hand and made a few movements: "This is how you beat him."

"Can you beat him?"

“Yes.”

Gu Shanshan turned to look at Qi Chanyang, and from her expression she thought Jie Fangcheng had gone crazy.

Qi Chanyang sighed to the sky: "He is right."

Gu Shanshan: “…”

Very good, Gu Shanshan now thinks he is crazy too.

But Qi Chanyang could also understand it. After all, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Qi Chanyang wouldn't believe it.

Moreover, this person has an inexplicable temperament that makes people feel that what he says is so righteous and natural, but also so like nonsense.

This matter is difficult to explain. Gu Shanshan probably wouldn't believe it unless she saw it with her own eyes.

After all, I didn’t believe it before.

Thinking of this, Qi Chanyang said: "It's okay, you will know tomorrow."

Gu Shanshan's expression was even more difficult to describe.

Qi Chanyang pretended not to see it: "Let's leave it at that for tonight. Generally, it is not recommended to go out to look for clues after 12 o'clock in the dungeon, because 12 o'clock is a dividing line. For players, the period from early morning to sunrise is the most dangerous time."

This is also an experience summarized by players. After a new day begins, the dungeon may have new rules, and generally, the strength of NPCs will increase during this period.

Players are human beings after all. Although their bodies will be strengthened after clearing the game, they are still more adapted to daytime activities, so experienced players will avoid this period of time known as the "NPC home court."

But this time Qi Chanyang paused after he finished speaking, turned his head and asked Jie Fangcheng: "Is it okay?"

Jie Fangcheng was still very easy to talk to: "Okay."

Qi Chanyang: "You guys take a rest, I'll keep watch."

After that, he stood up and sat at the door with his weapon.

Gu Shanshan shook her head: "I'll keep watch. You guys have worked hard to find clues."

Qi Chanyang smiled: "It's okay, this is your first time in a dungeon, take a good rest."

It only took a few hours for these newcomers to be pulled into the game after their death in the real world.

Decades of normal life ended in an instant, all hard work became a bubble, family, lover, and friends were separated, and one became a horror game player. This psychological change also needs to be adjusted.

Gu Shanshan blinked quickly: "Thank you, Brother Qi. If you are tired, Brother Qi, please call me."

"good."

Jie Fangcheng was already lying peacefully on the bed, and he asked caringly: "Why don't you take this stick first and give it to me when I wake up."

Qi Chanyang: "...I have a weapon."

Jie Fangcheng took a look at the "Gift from Whale Fall" in his hand. It looked strange in shape and was only as long as two palms.

"Is your weapon useful?"

"good."

Jie Fangcheng waved his stick and said, "This one of mine is very useful!"

Qi Chanyang's eyes shone: "Really?"

Could it be that... this stick only looks ordinary on the surface, but is actually some rare prop?

Boss, are you hinting at something?

Jie Fangcheng nodded and kindly handed over the stick: "This one is longer."

"What?" Qi Chanyang didn't quite understand for a moment. After taking the stick, he paused.

This is clearly just an ordinary stick!!!

If it is an item with special functions produced by the system, such as "Gift from Whale Fall", a small prompt box will appear above the item when it is first obtained.

When Qi Chanyang held the stick in his hand, he only felt it was heavy.

Isn't this just six table legs twisted into an iron rod? ? ?

Jie Fangcheng explained to him: "Long weapons are safer, and you can lean against the door and change your posture when you get tired."

Qi Chanyang: “…”

He put the stick aside numbly: "Thank you."

"You're welcome. Call me if you make any noise."

After saying this, Jie Fangcheng finally closed his eyes.

The room was quiet.

Qi Chanyang leaned against the door and closed his eyes to rest.

After a while, a faint sigh was heard from the room.

"Why don't you go to sleep?" Jie Fangcheng turned his head and looked at him. "This is exactly when I have to go to work. It's hard for me to adjust my biological clock."

"Ah? Aren't you sleepy?" Qi Chanyang was puzzled. "I saw that you were almost asleep just now because you were leaning on the stick."

"I'm not sleepy. I'm always like this."

“…”

"Come on, come on." Jie Fangcheng got out of bed and pulled him up without saying anything. "Go to sleep. I'll catch up on some sleep tomorrow."

Qi Chanyang hesitated for a moment.

Dealing with NPCs at night consumed a lot of his energy and he was indeed a little tired.

Qi Chanyang said: "Then call me if you are sleepy."

"Okay."

While lying on the bed, Qi Chanyang was a little curious: "What kind of work do you have? Do you need to start work now?"

Jie Fangcheng said honestly: "Let's settle the accounts."

“…”Okay, the boss’s character as the manager of the finance department in the underworld will never collapse.

Qi Chanyang closed his eyes and soon fell asleep.

After both people in the room fell asleep, Xie Fangcheng opened the door and sat down facing the door.

He wiped the stick clean from his hand and stared at the open door with alertness.

The night is long, why not have some conversation with some NPCs!

.

Seven o'clock in the morning.

Qi Chanyang opened his eyes when the first bell rang in the hospital, and then he sat up suddenly in bed with his hair standing on end.

He didn't know when the door was opened. There were only him and Gu Shanshan who was still sleeping in the room. Even Patient No. 1 who was seriously injured last night was gone.

Jie Fangcheng, who said he would keep watch, was nowhere to be found, but his stick was still at the door.

He didn't even take his weapons? What was Jie Fangcheng doing?

Did something happen yesterday? But Qi Chanyang was a light sleeper, so he would have woken up if there was any noise!

Qi Chanyang nervously held the "gift from the whale fall" in his hand and stuck his head out of the door.

"woke up?"

Qi Chanyang: “…”

Jie Fangcheng came in and picked up the stick again.

"Let's go, it's time for breakfast."

"…How do you know?"

"Number Nine said so."

really.

Soon He Xin's voice came from far away in the corridor.

"Don't sleep! The cafeteria is open for dinner! No food for those who are late!!"

After Qi Chanyang got out of bed and looked out the door, he was stunned.

He Xin, who had a pair of eyes rolling around as if he was picking up goods yesterday, was now standing about ten meters away, staring at Jie Fangcheng.

Jie Fangcheng leaned against the door boredly, and seemed to find this action a bit tiring, so he stood up straight.

He Xin, who was ten meters away, immediately took a step back.

Qi Chanyang was shocked: "Oh my god!"

Jie Fangcheng was also shocked: "Damn! Is it that serious?"

Xie Fangcheng didn't hit him yesterday, mainly because He Xin ran away too early and couldn't be caught.

The bell rang again, and various sounds came from the wards one after another.

Soon, the NPC patient who had taken medicine normally yesterday walked out of the room and walked down the corridor to the cafeteria as usual.

Next is number four.

The little girl who had turned into a horrible appearance yesterday has now returned to her original appearance, still with two ponytails, and looked like a doll as she passed by the two of them.

Qi Chanyang frowned.

"It looks like the patient is a repairable NPC."

"What?"

Qi Chanyang explained: "Some NPCs in dungeons will return to their original state even after death the next day. These are repairable NPCs."

“So amazing?”

Qi Chanyang remembered: "By the way, where is NPC No. 1?"

"Oh, in Ward 9."

"???"

"When he woke up in the morning, I asked him to comfort Number Nine."

Compared to the two patients who either died or fainted before midnight, No. 9 was tied up in the cafeteria for the entire night and was not released until the cafeteria NPC came to work.

At six o'clock in the morning, when No. 9 staggered back, his neck had returned to normal. When he saw Jie Fangcheng, his head swayed wildly. His neck, which was still longer than that of an ordinary person, looked like a faucet for watering flowers on the lawn.

Jie Fangcheng tried to reason with him: "Can you blame me for this? You wanted to eat me yesterday!"

Number Nine whimpered: "Twelve o'clock, no food..."

"Oh, you're normal at twelve, right?"

"Um……"

Jie Fangcheng touched his nose and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Number Nine went back to his room crying.

So after Number One woke up, Jie Fangcheng patted his shoulder, then his neck, chest, and limbs... Anyway, Number One finally gave in and limped off to find Number Nine.

Qi Chanyang: “…”

"What's wrong?"

But there were too many things to complain about, so Qi Chanyang opened his mouth: "...Number One also listens to you?"

Jie Fangcheng said tactfully: "It's OK. We communicated with each other a little bit."

After a while, the players woke up one after another.

After a good night's sleep, everyone seemed to be in worse spirits than yesterday.

Xue Kai's face turned pale: "What on earth is that pill? I've been having nightmares tonight."

"Me too, me too! I keep dreaming about when I die."

"I kept dreaming about yesterday in the cafeteria... Yue..."

All the players who took the medicine had nightmares, but Gu Shanshan looked the best among them.

Many people were curious and asked what happened after she didn't take the medicine yesterday.

When Gu Shanshan finished telling the story of the No. 4 mutation yesterday, the crowd gasped.

The current patient NPCs look scary enough, but they can also transform! They are so scary after the transformation!

Can they really clear this copy?

After listening to this, Lu Xiaoqin was very anxious: "Are you okay?"

"I almost died yesterday. Fortunately, Brother Qi saved me."

About ten meters away, He Xin urged again: "It's time to eat!"

Many people trembled after hearing his voice, and Lu Xiaoqin fearfully grabbed Gu Shanshan's sleeve.

Qi Chanyang felt a little more confident.

He said calmly: "Let's go eat first, and then talk after dinner."

When we arrived at the cafeteria, the patient NPCs were already seated. Even No. 1 and No. 9, who came from nowhere, were sitting at the dining table.

The nine patients looked at them in unison, their unusual faces facing them. Lu Xiaoqin thought of what Gu Shanshan had described yesterday and trembled with fear. Gu Shanshan held her hand and comforted her: "It's okay."

After the players took their seats one by one, breakfast was served soon.

White rice porridge with pickled vegetables and two fried dough sticks per person.

The seemingly normal breakfast slightly eased everyone's anxiety.

After Gu Shanshan sat down, Patient No. 4 next to her looked at her and said, "Big sister."

Everyone felt a little sad.

Yesterday in “Maican”, this NPC also said the most terrifying words in this voice.

——Let’s play a game and guess how much meat you have.

At this moment, the little girl looked like a normal little girl, except that her eyeballs were bulging, and when she stared at people, it made people feel a chill on their backs.

She tilted her head and said, "Big sister, you were so smart yesterday! But Qingqing won't lose again tonight!"

There was silence at the table.

Lu Xiaoqin covered her mouth and looked at her worriedly.

Gu Shanshan was quite calm, and asked, "If I choose to take medicine at night, will Qingqing take it?"

Number Four pursed his lips and lowered his head to drink his porridge.

Number One also didn't take any medicine. He didn't say anything at this time and just lowered his head to eat the fried dough sticks.

In silence, Jie Fangcheng asked No. 9: "I'm also curious, Jiu, if I take medicine tonight, will you take it with me?"

Number Nine's eyes lit up: "Eat, eat...I need to take medicine."

Xue Kai's brain was quick, and he immediately reacted: "Brother Jie, didn't you take your medicine yesterday?"

"Um."

Everyone looked at him, and Xue Kai spoke quickly: "If you didn't take your medicine, what happened yesterday? Those few..."

Xue Kai pointed his chin at He Xin who was standing at the door.

"Can I not take this medicine?"

“Yes.”

"Oh my god! How did you do that??"

Jie Fangcheng said tactfully: "I talked to the doctor a bit."

Sun Miao rushed to ask: "Can we still communicate? Is it easy to communicate?"

Jie Fangcheng was honest: "It's not easy to communicate."

Then he added: "So it is recommended not to communicate with them."

Everyone thought, who else but you can communicate with these NPCs?

Xue Kai was a bit blindly obedient to him, and at this time he was ready to ask for advice: "How do you communicate with them?"

Jie Fangcheng demonstrated it himself.

He turned his head and said to He Xin who had been staring at him: "What are you looking at? Are you looking for death?"

He Xin glared at him fiercely, but lowered his head.

Jie Fangcheng said calmly: "Look, he's not looking at me anymore. Doesn't this mean that the communication is successful?"

Xue Kai: “???”

Everyone: “????”